The Matrix Online Story Continues in Chapter 8.3!

Chapter 8.3 critical missions begin on Thursday, October 4th, with another new mission arriving on each of the four following Thursdays: October 11th, October 18th, October 25th, and November 1st.

Changes and Improvements

• Running a mission in wrong district no longer invalidates it in all districts for 16 minutes. Similarly, if all the mission areas in a given district are full when a mission is requested, or if two mission teams simultaneously request the last placement from the objectserver, it will now only disable that mission in the one district for 16 minutes, instead of everywhere.
• The email interface now has a 'Save' button. Press this button to store an email you're writing. You can then close your mail interface, and go do something else, like chat. When you re-open the mail interface and start composing a new mail, the saved mail you were composing previously will be restored, so you can finish writing it without having to retype the whole thing.
  
• Lowered the sound radius of the Bomb Pet luggable FX.
• Toned down the Signal Booster FX.
• Increased the difficulty of Headless NPCs at levels above 10.
• A new character near the White Lotus Hotel directs players on a trip through the White Hallways to combat dangerous Elite Commando programs who have escaped from the Merovingian's storage constructs.
• Desperate Speed, Hyper Sprint, and Hyper Speed now increase sneak and invis movement speeds.
• The Melee Training Simulacra in the White Hallway areas now drop special melee combat pill programs.
• Reduced the radius of the "Enraged" sound effect.
• "Signpost" NPCs no longer have to be clicked multiple times to clear the "(!)" icon above their head, unless they actually have multiple messages to give.
• Fixed Ookami's clothing specularity.
• The extreme gold shine on the female Yuki Ninja Gloves has been toned down.
• Cleaned up the Avero Cuffed Trench base texture.
• The male version of the Quicksilver Gloves is now using the correct icon.
• Recall Team Member and Recall Mission Team now teleport team members to the recaller's exact position.
• Weapons may now be set as Preferred while in the loading area, and the preferred weapon flag will now display there properly.
• Darkened bright-white ad space signs of the type found around Creston Heights.
• Enter key no longer opens the chat window if you have the interface toggled off with CTRL+U. The chat window can still be opened with the "/" key.
  
• Serene Calm now increases defenses 0.5 points/level and stacks with other defense upgrades.
• Pressing 'Default' on the chat options window will now set font size to 'Small'.
• You can now interlock someone who is in midair if:
• You are in range
• You will be in range of where they land
• Player should no longer have the combat state applied to them from being hit by an attack after being defeated in Interlock combat.
• Inherent accuracies for special moves in operative discipline trees have been adjusted.
• The in-game compile progress bar now updates continuously rather than once per second.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed some incorrect NPC settings in Sculptress mission 4, "The Lease."
• Changed the placement method used for the Uriah Headless NPC boss "Barebones"; hopefully this will resolve his currently unreliable respawn behavior.
• Fixed a typo in Landlord mission 4, "Oh, I Almost Forgot."
• Small green pip FX now orbit the user's hands while using a Tactics Booster.
• Pugilist Gloves' proc buff is no longer removed by antibiotics or negative condition sweeps
• Changed the spelling of "Overdrive Bandanna" to "Overdrive Bandana" to be consistent with the rest of the bandana items in the game.
• Fixed a typo in Intro mission 6, "The Potential."
• Binary Boy and the Fumigator once again show and give clothing reward items even if the item does not match your character's gender. (Thanks Brommerz77.)
• Some issues with the chat options window have been fixed.
• Email attachments should be be able to be sent after reconstructing.
• Concealment Countermeasure Tools now correctly deactivate disguises.
• Event disguises and RSI overrides now show up properly in player detail windows.
• Catsuit and motorcycle suit sleeves no longer stick through long gloves.
• Swirling Ki Summon no longer incorrectly states that it causes the confuse state when it hits an enemy.
• The Movement Speed upgrade for Escape and Evasion is now Sneak Movement Speed instead.
• The FX of the toughness boost from the Tiger Master's Gi/Coat is now orange and black, to distinguish it from the green Tactics Booster FX.
• The correct chat message should now appear when Dual Pistol Execution's downgrades are applied to a target.
• Fixed some gang members who were spawning in the ground in Richland.
• Hardlines will no longer remain red after a server crash.
• Weapon requirements not met effect will now return after reconstruction